A Man's World

Terry is a journalist researching sexual discrimination in the world of automotive sales. Today he's finally gotten the hand of walking in heels.

He carries a granite paper weight in one hand, cel phone to his ear with his left, as he walks up and down the street trying to remember where he parked his 2008 Infiniti G37 Coupe, trying to ignore the curious stares he gets from passersby.

He recalls his trip to Beijing where he got the same reaction, only without the wig, dress, and high-heeled shoes.

Star Trek Union

Two new elementary school employees - a Klingon and a Ferengi from Star Trek : The Next Generation - demand special holiday pay for cultural and religious celebrations.

Need a Penny?

Steve is an eccentric billionaire who travels across the country visiting convenience stores and chatting with cashiers, routinely starting the conversations over the 'need a penny' receptacle placed on the counter near the cash registers.

At one 7-Eleven store, he encounters a World War II veteran and they talk for several minutes about history while Steve sorts through the change in the 'need a penny' cup.

The discovery of a 1913 Cent prompts further investigation of the cash drawer. This search reveals a Walking Liberty Half Dollar and a worn Mercury Dime stamped onto a copper Penny blank.

The veteran is rewarded with a check in the amount of ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred ninety-nine dollars and thirty-nine cents.

Life Detour

A young couple drive down a familiar frontage road in the middle of the day and encounter a new detour. A police cruiser parked off to one side of the road accompanies a barricade.

As the husband rolls to a stop to speak with the officer stationed there a tan Ford Expedition rolls to a stop on the opposite side of the detour.

The passenger emerges from the vehicle doubled over in pain and - leaning against the barricade for support and the police officer for moral support - she quietly urinates, crying and humiliated as the young couple take in the scene.

Undergraduates

At the gym, James and Staci do their core training together. The usual banter turns awkward as James attempts to conceal his true feelings for her.

Tearing across campus on his Specialized Fat Boy BMX bike, Stuart arrives early to his Philosophy class, sweating the take-home quiz he spaced on. Glancing over the first question, he surveys the variables: and elephant, a crowd, an ostrich, a sand box, and a soccer ball. Students arrive as class starts. The professor immediately dismisses the class and Stuart hops in an 80's Honda Civic and cruises across the quad, down the stairs diagonally and passes another student coming out of a restaurant.

The two strangers share the exact same thought at that moment, that of, "I wonder if God ever gets angry over petty misunderstandings."

Wedded Bliss

After ignoring the hole in their fitted sheets for weeks, the Smiths awaken one morning to find the sheet split into four quadrants, still clinging to their king size Sealy Posturepedic mattress by the elastic strap.

Mr. Smith tears off the shredded remnants of the bedding when Mrs. Smith complains of tripping over it during her midnight bathroom visit.

Urban Wilderness

Spiders infest the local high school.

In the boy's locker room, a basketball player finds two spiders have crawled into his New Balance sneakers. He reaches down to squash the one as it rests motionless atop his foot and realizes as he presses down on it that it is a deadly Black Widow!

A computer-generated extreme close up shows the spider's fangs pressing through his sock and against his flesh. Drawing in a nearly silent choking gasp, he mentally plays out the entire scenario of being bitten - his body reacting to the venom, and the subsequent rush to an emergency room screaming in agonizing pain - then holds his breath for what seems like minutes as he deftly removes his shoe, brushes the spider away with it, then squashes it flat with the sole.

Inspecting the second spider closely, he notices it is a common Wolf Spider. Leaving nothing to chance, he executes the second arachnid in similar fashion as the first.

The bell rings for the next class.

Harvest Nights

A farmhand precariously places pieces of a broken-down stainless steel Frigidaire refrigerator together and is startled by the sound of livestock grunting in their sleep as it echoes from the barn wall behind him.

Achtung Fleisch!

An American documentary crew is thrown in an Austrian jail for attempting to bribe a police officer with a Harris Ranch 12 oz. rib eye steak.

The Scavengers

Carter and Steve scour over remnants in a church rummage sale, eating Pringles potato chips.

Laid out on a card table are several 'stretched' coins; Steve finds a penny with two tails and proceeds to trick Scott out of his chips, flipping the Lincoln Memorial over and over until he fumbles a catch and the fake coin goes rolling.

The boys chase the penny into a dark dusty corner and they both spy it there, tails again of course.

Taco & Gary

The boys find an abandoned red MG Midget and take turns pulling it down the street.

Taco powerslides the car like a shopping cart through the T-intersection on their street and slams the driver's side wheels into a curb.

The two wheels are folded underneath the chassis, 'tacoed' as both friends erupt with peals of laughter.

Under Construction

Jeff unexpectedly leaves the company. None of his coworkers have any idea why and a succinct email message offers no more information: "I'm leaving."

Mike returns from Home Depot with his crew of dudes in bright orange jackets.

Detective Story

A mysterious white panel van (not a Ford Econoline) attempts to elude our heroes.

At the conclusion of a high-speed chase, it is spotted in the parking lot of a run-down apartment complex.

Pilot

Welcome to Seventies Television!

Bits and pieces of Steve's dreams turn into 70's TV shows.

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